Welcome to Wild Turkey Science, a podcast made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow.

I'm Dr. Marcus Lashley, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Florida.

And I'm Dr. Will Gulsby, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management at Auburn University.

We're both lifelong hunters and devoted scientists who are passionate about hunting,

managing, and researching wild turkeys.

In this podcast, we'll explore turkey research, speak to the experts in the field,

and address the difficult questions related to wild turkey ecology and management.

Our goal is to serve as your connection to wild turkey science.

All right, so we're here today recording with Dr. Chris Mormon, who's a professor at North Carolina State University, and he's got extensive experience researching both game and non-game species with the significant amount of that research focusing on birds, including turkeys.

Glad to have you here with us today, Chris. Glad to be here.

Thanks for having me. Yeah, Chris, it's great to see you for the audience out there. You may not

be aware of it, but I got my Ph.D. at North Carolina State University, and Chris Mormon was one of

my advisors for that work.

So good to see you, Chris.

Yes.

And Marcus has made me famous with all his productivity.

Much appreciate it.

Chris, was Marcus always the model student that we think he was?

Marcus could stay up all night and work all day. Let's say that.

Was that, was that work always?

Was that work always productive or?

Not always productive, but when he was productive, he was very productive. So it made up for the times maybe he wasn't productive.

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